Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/6/2026

Johnston, Rich. 2026. Matt Howarth, Creator Of Savage Henry And Post Bros Has Died, Aged 72. Bleeding Cool (October 5): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/matt-howarth-creator-of-savage-henry-and-post-bros-has-died-aged-72/

Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. 2026. BBC Unveils Preschool Doctor Who Show Tardis Crew. The Beat (October 6): https://www.comicsbeat.com/doctor-who-tardis-crew/

Unknown. 2026. Amazon MGM Names Daniel Matusov Head of Business Affairs for Animation. Animation Magazine (October 5): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/10/amazon-mgm-names-daniel-matusov-head-of-business-affairs-for-animation/

Unknown. 2026. The World Animation Summit Announces 2026 Hall of Fame Honorees. Animation Magazine (October 5): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/10/the-world-animation-summit-announces-2026-hall-of-fame-honorees/

McLean, Tom. 2026. ‘Wildwood’: The Making of LAIKA’s Magical Stop-Motion World. Animation Magazine (October 5): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/10/wildwood-the-making-of-laikas-magical-stop-motion-world/

Alverson, Brigid. 2026. Digital Comics Roundup: Neon Ichiban Brings Back In-App Purchases Plus: Tapas Shutdown Update, GlobalComix Update, Sweet Shop Opens for Business. ICv2 (October 5): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/63541/digital-comics-roundup-neon-ichiban-brings-back-in-app-purchases

Salkowitz, Rob. 2026. What Do We Really Know About the Impact of Digital Comics?. ICv2 (October 5): https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/63544/what-do-we-really-know-about-impact-digital-comics

Johnston, Rich. 2026. Marvel Unlimited Shuts In December, Webtoon Takes Over Marvel Library. Bleeding Cool (October 5): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-unlimited-shuts-in-december-webtoon-takes-over-marvel-library

Johnston, Rich. 2026. Those Terms And Conditions For Webtoon's Marvel Unlimited Replacement. Bleeding Cool (October 6): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/those-terms-and-conditions-for-webtoons-marvel-unlimited-replacement/

Johnston, Rich. 2026. The Top Ten Bestselling Comic Books Of 2026… So Far. Bleeding Cool (October 5): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-top-ten-bestselling-comic-books-of-2026-so-far/

Johnston, Rich. 2026. The Comic Shop Banned For Burning Its Copies Of Absolute Batman #23; The Comic Shop That Burned Its Frank Cho Absolute Batman, Got Banned By DC And Whatnot, And Lost Its Alex Maleev Absolute Batman Too. Bleeding Cool (October 5): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-comic-shop-banned-for-burning-its-copies-of-absolute-batman-23/

Degg, D. D. 2026. AI Now Scraping Signatures As Well As Cartoonists’ Styles. Daily Cartoonist (October 5): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/10/05/ai-now-scraping-signatures-as-well-as-cartoonists-styles/

Deck, Andrew. 2026. ChatGPT Is Adding Real Cartoonists’ Signatures to Fake New Yorker Cartoons; OpenAI’s chatbot isn’t just imitating the magazine’s style. It’s also falsely attributing AI-generated images to real artists. Nieman Lab (October 5): https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chatgpt-is-adding-real-cartoonists-signatures-to-fake-new-yorker-cartoons/

Deck, Andrew. 2025. “I Don’t Want to Outsource My Brain”: How Political Cartoonists Are Bringing AI Into Their Work; Pulitzer-winning cartoonists are experimenting with AI image generators. Nieman Lab (June 2): https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/i-dont-want-to-outsource-my-brain-how-political-cartoonists-are-bringing-ai-into-their-work/

Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. 2026. The Beat Digest 10/06/26: The Batman Part II Pauses Production. The Beat (October 6): https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-100626/

Neese, Jordan. 2026. Drawn to the Weird: Meet Howie Noel, the Ninth Cartoonist for Ripley’s Believe It or Not! World Entertainment; A lifelong fan picks up the pen Robert Ripley first put to paper in 1918. Ripley’s Believe It or Not! (October 6): https://www.ripleys.com/stories/howie-noel

Romano, Nick. 2026. Lanterns Showrunner Answers Burning Finale Questions: The Ending Scene, Surprise Twists, and Season 2 Hopes; Chris Mundy talks twists, killer reveals, deleted scenes, and more. Entertainment Weekly (October 4): https://ew.com/lanterns-finale-showrunner-chris-mundy-answers-burning-questions-12157903

Gustines, George Gene. 2026. Monster Mash-Up: New Comics for Fans of Horror; These spine-tingling stories cast light on creatures of the dark and reimagine superheroes with darker narratives, just in time for Halloween. New York Times (October 6): https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/arts/comics-horror-halloween.html

MacDonald, Heidi. 2026. DC Studios’ Gunn and Safran to Report Directly to David Ellison. The Beat (October 6): https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-stduios-gunn-and-safran-to-report-directly-to-david-ellison/

McConnell, Robin. 2026. Dash Shaw. Inkstuds (October 6): https://inkstuds.substack.com/p/dash-shaw

Harrison, Bob, and Mike Gold. 2026. Pop Culture SquadCast - LIVE Lanterns Season Recap With Special Guests. Pop Culture Squad (October 6): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQy0EcApFuM

Lussier, Germain. 2026. The Team Behind ‘Lanterns’ Discusses Its Unconventional Ending; Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler star in the DC show, which just aired its season finale. io9 (October 5): https://gizmodo.com/the-team-behind-lanterns-discusses-its-unconventional-ending-2000821759

Murray, Noel. 2026. A New ‘Avatar’ Arrives [Seven Havens]. New York Times' Watching newsletter (October 5): https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/render?campaign_id=20&ccpaOptOut=true&emc=edit_wg_20261005&instance_id=183070&isViewInBrowser=true&nl=watching&productCode=WG&regi_id=5998369&segment_id=227569&sendId=227569&uri=nyt://newsletter/e7ffbef6-dc1f-5cda-b170-435508fa05ce

Unknown. 2026. Worlds Collide as "Women Laughing" Brings New Yorker Cartoonists to Bryn Mawr. Bryn Mawr College (October 6): https://www.brynmawr.edu/news/worlds-collide-women-laughing-brings-new-yorker-cartoonists-bryn-mawr

Holub, Christian. 2026. Neon Ichiban Adds In-App Purchases. Publishers Weekly (October 5): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/101386-neon-ichiban-adds-in-app-purchases.html

Holub, Christian. 2026. Marvel, Webtoon Team on Digital Comics App. Publishers Weekly (October 5): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/101429-marvel-webtoon-team-on-digital-comics-app.html

Briggs, Jeremy. 2026. 6000 Not Out: A Chat with Commando Editor Kate McAuliffe. downthetubes (October 5): https://downthetubes.net/6000-not-out-a-chat-with-commando-editor-kate-mcauliffe/

Cronin, Brian. 2026. Marvel Officially Confirms Punisher's New Design. CBR (September 18): https://www.cbr.com/marvel-officially-confirms-punisher-new-design/

Siuntres, John. 2026. Michael Jan Friedman A New Team Of Heroes. Word Balloon (October 6): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T98dqko2sQY

Freeman, Atom. 2026. NYCC Pre-Show. Prana: Direct Market Solutions' Comic Industry Insiders Live (October 6): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEbeYXXFGlI

Hickman, Jonathan, and Mike del Mundo. 2026. New Sci-Fi Epic / Hickman & del Mundo - 3W/3M - SHIFT - Episode 2. 3W3M (October 6): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi4KgQrR4OU

Cox, Bill. 2026. Interview with Comics Professional Danny Fingeroth. CAF+ (October 6): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT0z28MDzDQ

Semkiu, Joseph. 2026. Swann Lecture: War News: Norman Rockwell, Radio-Induced Jitters, and World War II Cartoons. Library of Congress (September 30): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_TD2ZWTJJY and https://www.loc.gov/item/video-12817/

De Hart, Jason. 2026. Words, Images, & Worlds with Alan Barillaro [Canadian animator]. Words, Images, & Worlds (October 6): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW5hLXlebCE

Deitch, Kim. 2026. 12th Annual SPX Lecture with Cartoonist Kim Deitch. Library of Congress (October 6): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uO_NoG8Cz0

  *International Feature Service. 1920. Here's News! So great has been the demand for the Sunday Super-Comic "Krazy Kat"… [syndication advertisement]. Editor and Publisher 52 (39; February 26): 29. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1920-02-26_52_39/page/28/mode/2up

  *International Feature Service. 1920. Krazy Kat. Now available for Sunday release [advertisement]. Editor and Publisher 52 (40; March 6): 45. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1920-03-06_52_40/page/44/mode/2up

  *International Feature Service 1920. Originality and Delicacy of Drawing Delirious Literary Style Make Krazy Kat the Last Word in Comics [advertisement]. Editor and Publisher 52 (41; March 13): 41. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1920-03-13_52_41/page/40/mode/2up

Newspaper Feature Service. 1920. Just Boy. Fera's Famous Page of Real Kid Humor [advertisement]. Editor and Publisher 52 (40; March 6): 45. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1920-03-06_52_40/page/44/mode/2up

Unknown. 1920. McNitt Leaving N. Y. Mail. Will Give Entire Attention to Central Press Association [syndicate of Fontaine Fox, Rube Goldberg, Harry Tuthill]. Editor and Publisher 52 (40; March 6): 45. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1920-03-06_52_40/page/46/mode/2up

Higgs, Mike. 2016-2018. Splank! Blog [British comics reviews]. https://splankblog.blogspot.com